Walloomsac River Fish Kill Described as Massive
Tens of thousands of trout, suckers, bullheads, and shiners lie dead in a 3 1 2 mile stretch of the Walloomsac after a suspected industrial pollutant entered via a culvert from Morgan Spring Brook. Officials collected water and fish samples. tests near Montpelier expected Friday. Local officials cited a mysterious black substance as the likely cause.
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Swayze
Frank Snow
Bennington Fish Hatchery
Walloomsac
Snow
Hunt Street Bridge
Fish and Game Department
Norman Brown
Brown
Bennington
School Street
Green Acres
Mammoth Mart
North Street
Morgan Spring
Division Street
Bradford Hook and Ladder
Safford Street
Department of Water Resources
Paul Cummings
Fair Haven
Montpelier
Cummings
Bruce to Quit Paris Talks Endangering Vietnam Peace Plan
President Nixon summoned top aides in California to press ahead after Ambassador Bruce announced his departure from the Paris peace talks for personal health reasons. Kissinger and Rogers met with Nixon for nearly three hours to review the latest Communist peace offer and outline a response as Porter prepares to replace Bruce.
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Bruce
Paris
Nixon
Vietnam
San Clemente
Calif
UPI
David K. E. Bruce
White House
Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
Half Million Telephone Workers Strike Across Nation
About 500000 UPI reported telephone workers walked out nationwide, but automated systems and supervisory staff kept public disruption minor. AT&T pledged continued service as CWA warned the strike could last two weeks, with potential snags from equipment breakdowns and staffing gaps. In Bradford and Charleroi Pennsylvania picket lines blocked access to local exchanges. At Cape Kennedy, picketing entrances posed no impact on the Apollo 15 countdown rehearsal.
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Washington
UPI
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Bradford
Charleroi
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Center
U.S
Inside Wicker on an agency to police the press
Tom Wicker weighs Acheson idea for a press policing agency and asks who would police the government if such a body exists. Also summaries other features: hospitality ads reflect changing recreation, Godfrey travels for population control, Vermont farmer history, two theater openings, Hoosick’s new assessor law, and racing notes from Hinsdale and West Lebanon.
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Tom Wicker
Dean Acheson
Pete Horton
Arthur Godfrey
Albany
South Mall
John Page
Vermont
Pinter
Williamstown
Chekhov
Marlboro
Hoosick
Hinsdale
Butch Jelley
West Lebanon
Equinox rumors denied by Equinox House head in Manchester
Manchester residents heard unconfirmed reports that Equinox House planned a major redevelopment including 126 condominiums a ski lift and shopping complex. Equinox House Inc President Thomas F. Farley denied any sale or pending announcement saying no demolition is planned and no master plan is being implemented now.
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Manchester
Equinox House
Equinox House Inc
Thomas F. Farley
Equinox
Mount Equinox
Farley
Winhall
Jerry Little
Little
Equinox Hotel
Sickle wielding attacker kills at California campgrounds
At Dog Bar campsite along Bear River near Grass Valley California a heavyset bespectacled man armed with a sickle killed two people and wounded three among 17 campers. He overpowered John Simmons, 29, of Weimar, stole his .22 pistol, killed Simmons, killed Donna Fitzhugh and attempted to decapitate Martha Parker before fleeing into the Sierra foothills. Police described a middle aged white man 5 foot 8 to 5 foot 10, wearing tan clothing and heavy glasses. search suspended with attacker unlocated.
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Grass Valley
Calif
UPI
Kenneth Garbe
Garbe
Jean
Bear River
Sacramento
John Simmons
Weimer
Simmons
Donna Fitzhugh
Martha Marie Parker
Ontario
Parker
Walnut
Sierra Foothills
Dog Bar
Brown
Agnew Views African Wildlife on Jungle Sojourn
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew fulfilled a dream by seeing elephants buffalo and other wildlife in their natural habitat near Nairobi after spending the night at Treetops Hotel high in the Aberdare mountains. He plans to depart for Kinshasa, Congo, on Thursday ending his 10 nation tour with Africa as his final stop.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Kinshasa
Congo
Agnew
Treetops
Aberdare
Ky Breaks With Thieu in Power Struggle for Saigon Election
Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky renounces alliance with President Nguyen Van Thieu accusing him of dictatorial rule and fraud in the upcoming fall vote. Ky aims to oppose Thieu with Gen. Duong Van Minh in the Oct 3 presidential contest, while facing weak backing. Supreme Court upholds an election law limiting candidates, seen as favoring Thieu. Ky criticizes unfulfilled reforms, corruption, and press suppression, claiming Thieu silences opposition and abuses legal measures.
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Thieu
Lap Trong
Cowles calls for review of Vermont OEO
Vermont Human Services Secretary William S. Cowles Jr. calls for a review of the Vermont Office of Economic Opportunity within his agency after the resignation of director Thomas C. Davis. Davis leaves after five years to join Dartmouth College. Cowles notes federal OEO direction under Nixon and names an eight member advisory panel with community action ties. George Harrison and Ringo Starr to reunite at Madison Square Garden for a UN fund drive aiding Pakistani civil war victims.
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Vermont
Cowles
OEO
Richard Blum
Vermont Legal Aid
Peter Diamondstone
Legal Aid
New York
UPI
Madison Square Garden
United Nations Fund
Pakistan
George Harrison
West Coast
Ringo Starr
Spain
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Willy Wonka
Matthew Broomhall
Shaftsbury
Robert Dubrowski
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